Cat got your tongue? Good, then it’s time for charades! We’ve put together a mega list of 225+ funny charades ideas to get everyone laughing!
Our tummy-tickler list of funny charades ideas includes movies, TV shows, books, songs, plays, and characters for your next charades game. We’ve hand picked these funny charades words because of the fun you can have with the actions and because they are likely to be known by most people! At the end of the list, we’ve even included two gameplay ideas to make charades even more fun!
If you’re playing with kids, check out our huge list of 260+ Fun Charades Ideas for Kids! for family-friendly ideas jam-packed with giggles.
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40 Funny Charades Movies
Some of these names are funny just to say out loud. Without words, they’ll be a blast.
| The Hunger Games | The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe |
| Snakes on a Plane | Million Dollar Baby |
| Ratatouille | Full Metal Jacket |
| I Know What You Did Last Summer | Singin’ in the Rain |
| Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | Inside Out |
| The Meg | No Country for Old Men |
| The Incredibles | Slumdog Millionaire |
| Blazing Saddles | Dances with Wolves |
| Jurassic Park | Mrs. Doubtfire |
| Pink Panther | Monsters, Inc. |
| The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly | Silence of the Lambs |
| The Shining | Dodgeball |
| Gone With The Wind | How to Train Your Dragon |
| Back to the Future | The Maze Runner |
| Ready Player One | Honey, I Shrunk The Kids |
| Being John Malcovich | Knocked Up |
| Shutter Island | Pulp Fiction |
| Howl’s Moving Castle | Trainspotting |
| Planet of the Apes | Sharknado |
| School of Rock | Castle in the Sky |
For even more charades movie ideas, see our epic list of 210 Charades Movie Ideas which includes Disney and family movies!
40 Funny Charades TV Shows
These 40 TV Shows charades words are bound to get you laughing as you act them out!
| Two and a Half Men | Squid Game |
| Inside Job | Shaun the Sheep |
| The Twilight Zone | Doctor Who |
| Adventure Time | The Sopranos |
| Archer | Dragon Ball Z |
| BoJack Horseman | The Voice |
| Black Mirror | American Idol |
| Ninja Warrior | Ghosthunters |
| Santa Clarita Diet | Parks and Recreation |
| Big Mouth | Vikings |
| Space Force | Lost |
| Fawlty Towers | The Tick |
| House of Cards | Stranger Things |
| Hacks | Them |
| The Office | The Umbrella Academy |
| The Big Bang Theory | Suits |
| The Simpsons | How I Met Your Mother |
| The West Wing | Firefly |
| Glee | What We Do in the Shadows |
| Russian Doll | South Park |
Funny Charades Books
Keep these pageturners in your back pocket for book-themed charades.
| Hannibal | The Lovely Bones |
| The Alchemist | Food: A Love Story |
| Fifty Shades of Grey | The Gruffalo |
| Man and Boy | The Kite Runner |
| White Teeth | The Da Vinci Code |
| Bridget Jones’s Diary | The Catcher in the Rye |
| The Hobbit | The Time Traveller’s Wife |
| A Tale of Two Cities | The Devil Wears Prada |
| PS, I Love You | The Little Prince |
| Princess Diaries | Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy |
10 Funny Charades Plays and Musicals
For a charades group that knows their broadway and loves theatre trips, these plays and musicals will be funny to act out!
| Mamma Mia! | The Wedding Singer |
| The Phantom of the Opera | Fiddler on the Roof |
| Avenue Q | Beauty and the Beast |
| Spamalot | Les Miserables |
| Mary Poppins | The Lion King |
60 Funny Charades Songs
These 60 songs make perfect funny song charades ideas thanks to the imagery that comes to mind for each one!
A charades list and a new playlist all in one place. Maybe keep this playlist in-home only.
| Respect | Heard It Through The Grapevine |
| Rock Around the Clock | Over the Rainbow |
| Hound Dog | Barbie Girl |
| Star Dust | Mr. Tambourine Man |
| Runaround Sue | Dancing in the Street |
| Bye Bye Bye | Born to Run |
| I’m My Own Grandpa | Superstition |
| Twist and Shout | Discovery Channel |
| In The Midnight Hour | Baby Shark |
| King of the Road | Smoke on the Water |
| Sunshine of Your Love | Can’t Touch This |
| Dancing Queen | Gangnam Style |
| Sandstorm | Witch Doctor |
| Black Magic Woman | Ice Ice Baby |
| I’m Blue | Mona Lisa |
| Call Me Maybe | Cotton Eye Joe |
| Macarena | The Benny Hills Show |
| Never Gonna Give You Up | Wonderwall |
| Dancing in the Street | Funky Town |
| Play That Funky Music | Money for Nothing |
| We Will Rock You | Under The Bridge |
| Love Train | Jump |
| Someone That I Used To Know | Wrecking Ball |
| All Shook Up | American Pie |
| Roll Over Beethoven | Sweet Dreams |
| Blowin’ in the Wind | All-Star |
| Smells Like Teen Spirit | Roxanne |
| Hot N Cold | Pretty Woman |
| We Will Rock You | Back to Black |
| Where’s Your Head At? | Paper Planes |
22 Funny Charades Quotes
So much wisdom and hilarity can be contained in a good quote! Here are our favorite quotes that lend themselves to funny charades acting!
| “Ain’t nobody got time for that.” Meme | “You can’t handle the truth!” A Few Good Men |
| “I like fluffy!” Lilo and Stitch | “To infinity and beyond!” Toy Story |
| “With great power, comes great responsibility.” Spiderman | “That rug really tied the room together.” The Big Labowski |
| “Shaken, not stirred” James Bond | “I’m the king of the world!” Titanic |
| “It’s alive! It’s alive!” Frankenstein | “… one million dollars.” Austin Powers |
| “Eat my shorts.” Breakfast Club | “Just keep swimming.” Finding Nemo |
| “Wax on, wax off.” The Karate Kid | “Magic Mirror on the wall, who is the fairest one of all?” Snow White |
| “Go ahead, make my day.” Sudden Impact | “Tis but a scratch!” Monty Python |
| “You talking to me?” Taxi Driver | “Really really really ridiculously good-looking.” Zoolander |
| “E.T. phone home.” E.T. | “Here’s Johnny!” The Shining |
| “My precious!” Lord of the Rings | “Fly, my pretties, fly!” The Wizard of Oz |
20 Hilarious Characters for Charades
Characters are the best. Pick a character or celebrity from your favorite movie or band, or just keep it simple with occupational characters.
| A mime | Yoda |
| Darth Vader | Lady Gaga |
| Mr. Bean | Ozzy Osbourne |
| Rick from Rick and Morty | Doc from Back to the Future |
| Power Ranger | Bart Simpson |
| Roz from Monsters Inc. | Spongebob Squarepants |
| Edna from The Incredibles | Elle Woods from Legally Blonde |
| Mugatu from Zoolander | Ron Burgundy from Anchorman |
| Cruella Deville | Barbie |
| Frankenstein | Dracula |
Two Ways to Switch Up Charades
Use these charades variants to make your game harder, easier, more lighthearted, or super complex!
- All audience members have to answer with mouth-stretchers.
If you’ve ever played the game “Speak Out,” then you know exactly what I’m talking about. Tossing an added element like mouth-stretchers in the midst is not only hilarious but hectically interesting.
- Play in telephone fashion.
One player has their back to the rest of the players and has to pick a phrase, act it out, and have all the following players act out this phrase to the player next to them. As it goes down the line, the last player will take a few guesses on what the original phrase was.
Conclusion – Funny Charades Ideas
And that’s all folks!
Thanks for stopping by and grabbing some awesome charade ideas for your next session, I hope you get a lot of laughs out of them as I did.
Cut up this list and stick it in a hat for a quick charade night on the fly, and sit back to enjoy the party! Maybe add our 230+ Charades Ideas for Adults for even more options!
If you’re playing with kids, take a look at our 260+ Fun Charades Ideas for Kids, hand-picked to ensure they are G-rated and fun!
If you and your group are amazing at charades, then make your game more challenging with our 150+ Hard Charades Ideas!
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Hi, I’m Emily, the tabletop gamer behind My Kind of Meeple. If this article helped you, I’d be honoured if you’d say, “Thanks!” with a £3 coffee on Ko-fi.
